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obama wants even more spending increases. and a lot of republicans, conservatives, are saying you know what? we don't want a tax hike at all. we give boehner credit but we don't want a tax hike. this is not the time. it's a very anemic economy. let's just let the democrats have their tax hike and we'll be done with it. other than that, jimmy, i don't think this thing gets done. that's what i'm coming around to. >> well, i think that there's a chance to that. a chance for that to happen in the scenario that you just described. but i don't think that is what happens. frankly, i think with the vice president saying today that the issue of whether the top rate is 39.6 or 37 it's really doesn't matter. that was a huge olive branch as our colleague just said. this is a signal, a smoke signal like a vatican smoke signal sent from the administration to speaker boehner today. >> but that's been out there before. >> i understand that. >> there's only a handful of republicans, what are you going to get, a percentage point? mark seimone,
obama wants even more spending increases. and a lot of republicans, conservatives, are saying you know what? we don't want a tax hike at all. we give boehner credit but we don't want a tax hike. this is not the time. it's a very anemic economy. let's just let the democrats have their tax hike and we'll be done with it. other than that, jimmy, i don't think this thing gets done. that's what i'm coming around to. >> well, i think that there's a chance to that. a chance for that to happen in...
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we want to have obama care. we want to have universal coverage. tell me how we can do this in context of not making your businesses a nightmare. i wish that was the approach of the president. i remember when i went down two towns with bernanke. one was in south carolina and the other was dilapidated. i asked the mayors, they said we went to business and said, what do you need to make this right? and i wish the obama administration would -- >> indiana and illinois. >> the key thing for business competitivene competitiveness with regard to health care, it's the slowest on record. now, you could -- >> it's the recession. >> it could be. >> the slow growth -- >> that wouldn't explain all of it. it does feel like -- of course we need more data points. >> it sharply outpaces inflation. >> not in the last two years. >> it's come down. >> not if you are somebody who is at a small company who is -- >> business is -- the most important there is the growth in the cost of health care. if this is helping to bend the cost curve -- >> if you talk to small busine
we want to have obama care. we want to have universal coverage. tell me how we can do this in context of not making your businesses a nightmare. i wish that was the approach of the president. i remember when i went down two towns with bernanke. one was in south carolina and the other was dilapidated. i asked the mayors, they said we went to business and said, what do you need to make this right? and i wish the obama administration would -- >> indiana and illinois. >> the key thing...
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. >> anything short of marginal rates, here's the times today, obama's end to giving in. there's a big piece in the journal also about that quoting all these leading democrats saying the president has to hold firm this final they're tieing a whole four years to this, the way this goes, so goes the next four years. so far he's under enormous pressure to stand pat. and boehner i think is under even more enormous pressure because a lot of people see boehner if the house as the last best hope for a voiding what a lot of people think is a calamity. >> but leadership isn't calling the other side names. i think when you talk about the big four, boehner, reid, pelosi -- >> no, not them. >> obama is on the legislative branch. we have to give him a break on that. but there are four big people. those four people couldn't be more inept. >> it's boehner -- the mcconnell and pelosi and reid have nothing to do with what's going on between boehner and obama. >> to some extent that's true. >> reid is the guy that pushed obama to extend the bush tax rates in 2010. so reid would i suspect -
. >> anything short of marginal rates, here's the times today, obama's end to giving in. there's a big piece in the journal also about that quoting all these leading democrats saying the president has to hold firm this final they're tieing a whole four years to this, the way this goes, so goes the next four years. so far he's under enormous pressure to stand pat. and boehner i think is under even more enormous pressure because a lot of people see boehner if the house as the last best hope...
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well you know to his credit obama is threatening to you so the twenty thirteen n.d.a. largely because congress i mean just so bizarre only has that has put a stipulation that absolutely would prevent any more transfers out of guantanamo and there are fifty six yemeni citizens who are awaiting of these who have been long cleared for release and i just have to say i connected a panel yesterday i want and in particular i'll let you commit suicide there in september and i found he is the face of indefinite detention he was a classic case of wrong place wrong time caught up in two thousand and one under the a you know math and tortured i mean it's just went through absolute hell and finally gave up and actually wrote in a letter to his lawyer that the only just as he had left was through his own death so he used aides of indefinite detention and you know we all should be fighting this and we all need to be expose. the government is claiming they've always had these hours now they have it and you know contravene international law so i really would like to see our government
well you know to his credit obama is threatening to you so the twenty thirteen n.d.a. largely because congress i mean just so bizarre only has that has put a stipulation that absolutely would prevent any more transfers out of guantanamo and there are fifty six yemeni citizens who are awaiting of these who have been long cleared for release and i just have to say i connected a panel yesterday i want and in particular i'll let you commit suicide there in september and i found he is the face of...
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add obama care. then add 13.8 in california. and you're a small business, running as an "s" corporation, should you really pay higher than 50% of income into government? that's before any sales tax. that's before paying the cable tax to watch this show. that's before paying the water tax when you take a shower. think about that. and people want to just give more? and hope spending cuts will come at some later today? >> congressman, we hear you. we appreciate it. and thanks for appearing this morning. >> thanks for having mean >> okay. >> when we come back, the headline number on friday's jobs report shows better than expected payroll gains. but there were sceigns of weakns in the participation rate and downward provisions to earlier reports. steve liesman joins us next with more on how economists are reacting to those numbers. >>> tomorrow, "squawk box" is kicking off a special day of fiscal cliff coverage. rise above: mission critical. becky quick and jim cramer, live in washington. 33 special guests, grover norquist, congressm
add obama care. then add 13.8 in california. and you're a small business, running as an "s" corporation, should you really pay higher than 50% of income into government? that's before any sales tax. that's before paying the cable tax to watch this show. that's before paying the water tax when you take a shower. think about that. and people want to just give more? and hope spending cuts will come at some later today? >> congressman, we hear you. we appreciate it. and thanks for...
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some other surveys have shown president obama with a stronger hand. we looked democrats in congress together with the president, any time you lump congress in a question it drags down the number. finally if you look at the intense partisan split on outlooks for the economy, this is something that is relevant as we try to measure the pessimism or optimism of american voters, we see now an even split among those who say the economy will get better in the next year versus those who say it will get worse but there's a tremendous partisan split there. republicans, a six in ten republicans say the economy will get worse. it's the loser's lament after the election that they become more pessimistic, democrats overwhelmingly optimistic, independents interestingly agree more with the republicans, they expect the economy to get worse and that's one of the factors weighing down on public opinion as we head toward the last three weeks of the year's negotiations to avoid the fiscal cliff, carl. >> times a-wastin. with the deadline inching closer what needs to be do
some other surveys have shown president obama with a stronger hand. we looked democrats in congress together with the president, any time you lump congress in a question it drags down the number. finally if you look at the intense partisan split on outlooks for the economy, this is something that is relevant as we try to measure the pessimism or optimism of american voters, we see now an even split among those who say the economy will get better in the next year versus those who say it will get...
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indefinite detention the lawsuit against president obama thank you so much for coming on and. so can you first explain breakdown this feinstein amendment because i really think a lot of people are really confused by including myself. well i understand at least so because the reporting on it has been very confusing a lot of us where some are turning prematurely because they looked on the surface like it was a positive thing but we really can break it down there are a number of significant objections to the bias and those include the ones that you are ready for such as the fact that it's highly discriminatory the alleged protections only apply to citizens and legal residents which is actually not constitutional and second it extends it officially extends the authority of the authorization for use of military force to the united states citizens and on u.s. soil which operated to debate whether the government ever had that right before and thirdly it only calls for a trial it doesn't stipulate whether that's a military or civil trial that's a significant problem and also in bats i
indefinite detention the lawsuit against president obama thank you so much for coming on and. so can you first explain breakdown this feinstein amendment because i really think a lot of people are really confused by including myself. well i understand at least so because the reporting on it has been very confusing a lot of us where some are turning prematurely because they looked on the surface like it was a positive thing but we really can break it down there are a number of significant...
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. >> sticking with the cliff, governors are set to meet with president obama and congressional leaders. the meeting coming one day after the white house rejected a republican plan for averting the cliff. chi chief washington correspondent john harwood is outside of the white house this morning. how do business leaders change the equation? >> reporter: the president is trying to orchestrate a consensus behind his approach to deficit reduction. this is a group part of the national governors association executive committee. a diverse group. he carried three states he represents and governors include scott walker, leader of conservative government reform movement going after public employee pensions and shrink government obligations that way. governors are pragmatic. the president is trying to make the case if you look at polls and revenue needs of the government and ageing of our population, the pragmatic thing to do is trim entitlements. the significance of speaker boehner's offer yesterday he put specifics on entitlements on the table. they are significant raising the medicare eligibili
. >> sticking with the cliff, governors are set to meet with president obama and congressional leaders. the meeting coming one day after the white house rejected a republican plan for averting the cliff. chi chief washington correspondent john harwood is outside of the white house this morning. how do business leaders change the equation? >> reporter: the president is trying to orchestrate a consensus behind his approach to deficit reduction. this is a group part of the national...
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president obama twice before has made declarative statements about what he's not willing to do. and frankly, all we've heard from the white house is what they're not willing to do. so the president has signed the it tension of these rates in the past. i think the underreported story in all of this drama are senate democrats that are wringing their hands and avoiding eye contact. >> mcconnell would have produce the brought it up not just as an amendment. >> we're too busy today, forget it. >> they can't pass it in their own house. >> so here is the question. the operative question is does this administration really want to take to us $22 trillion? is that really where they want to go? because that's the pathway. and if they do, aren't we better to deal with this right now? this doesn't get any better the longer we wait. when you have the speaker saying we're willing to move, our movement is to put revenue on the table -- >> are you saying a bucket of crazy is better than the long term implications? >> that's what the country is dealing with. neither are things you want to embrace
president obama twice before has made declarative statements about what he's not willing to do. and frankly, all we've heard from the white house is what they're not willing to do. so the president has signed the it tension of these rates in the past. i think the underreported story in all of this drama are senate democrats that are wringing their hands and avoiding eye contact. >> mcconnell would have produce the brought it up not just as an amendment. >> we're too busy today,...
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we've got a new carter in office and president obama. most of the themes of "wealth and poverty" that sprung from the awful doldrums of the u.s. economy under jimmy carter apply stronger, more strongly today. >> house so click >> obama is the same kind of antibusiness president and insight president. same kind of managerial, interfering, strangling, surprising president jimmy carter was. >> you writing here about president obama. i want to get to the right page so i can quote it correctly, sir. you write under the obama administration that the u.s. had a morbid subversion of the infrastructures of its economy. the public sector has become a manipulative forest, aggressively intervening in the venture and financial sectors with guarantees and subventions that attract talent and debunking. >> the worst of this is the korean cast of the obama administration. the epa now has gained control over everything. see so to have been deemed a pollution, dangerous to the environment in co2 is of course that these plans. they attempt to surprise or tw
we've got a new carter in office and president obama. most of the themes of "wealth and poverty" that sprung from the awful doldrums of the u.s. economy under jimmy carter apply stronger, more strongly today. >> house so click >> obama is the same kind of antibusiness president and insight president. same kind of managerial, interfering, strangling, surprising president jimmy carter was. >> you writing here about president obama. i want to get to the right page so i...
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president obama, speaker boehner met face-to-face over the weekend to talk some fiscal cliff. our john harwood is live at the white house with more on that. john, good morning. >> good morning, carl. you know the president's been very clear since the election that republicans need to give on taxes for people at the top and not just on revenues, but also on tax rates because he says the math can't work otherwise. we've seen some signs of cracking in the republican unity. that suggests we may be getting to the next phase of negotiations. the latest sign was possible corker, the senator from tennessee, who was on our air just a few minutes ago, as you know, saying republicans should concede ground on top tax rates and then get on to other issues. >> the best place for republicans to be, to me, is to pass the rate of rate increases, be done with it, the numbers aprobably much smaller than is going to ultimately be negotiated, and then we still are focused on the right thing, which is entitlement changes. >> and that may be what john boehner and president obama are discussing yeste
president obama, speaker boehner met face-to-face over the weekend to talk some fiscal cliff. our john harwood is live at the white house with more on that. john, good morning. >> good morning, carl. you know the president's been very clear since the election that republicans need to give on taxes for people at the top and not just on revenues, but also on tax rates because he says the math can't work otherwise. we've seen some signs of cracking in the republican unity. that suggests we...
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. >> people were supposed to hate them ahead of obama care. stocks doing well. what's coming up? >> i want to do disruptive companies and i watch "squawk." this company is one that has a stove you can put in a couple sticks of wood and starts and generates electricity. you can then charge your ipad, your iphone, you no longer have to be hostage to the grid and they did it -- it caught my eye during hurricane sandy. brooklyn company. the fire department use them. everyone is using them. >> you are doing more private companies with disruptive technology. >> i think that the exciting part of america is we have the world's greatest technology. i want to point it out. many companies are private. >> santelli has -- >> you have to be kidding. rick santelli here. welcome. my goodness. 74 74.5. i had to double-check that one many times. we're coming off numbers at 82.7 for number. 82.6 for october. those are close. the best numbers since the fall of '07. this 74.5 is a really big drop that takes you to the weakest numbers since august when we had a series of weaker numbers. now, whether s
. >> people were supposed to hate them ahead of obama care. stocks doing well. what's coming up? >> i want to do disruptive companies and i watch "squawk." this company is one that has a stove you can put in a couple sticks of wood and starts and generates electricity. you can then charge your ipad, your iphone, you no longer have to be hostage to the grid and they did it -- it caught my eye during hurricane sandy. brooklyn company. the fire department use them. everyone...
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this was right after, maybe six months after president obama was elected. the whole purpose was to get assad who had the relationship with iran to work with iran to bring them into the tent so that we could work on the palestine israeli issue. we were working at that time with egypt and also with jordan. well, one of the first things he said, america i, your president said i'm the axis of evil. another sheriff. we had another conversation. he thought that was the case. his personality was such that he was low key. we talked for a long period of time. we had to say we had to go. i said to him look. you're in a position to do something in the world, to bring peace. your father is dead, your brother was killed however he was killed, and now you have that relationship. we then talked about helping his people, how this could help his people to bring peace to the area if we could bring iran into the tent. he talked about his wife reaching out to people. i'm surprised first that he's still alive because he's killed so many people. i'm also surprised that he would
this was right after, maybe six months after president obama was elected. the whole purpose was to get assad who had the relationship with iran to work with iran to bring them into the tent so that we could work on the palestine israeli issue. we were working at that time with egypt and also with jordan. well, one of the first things he said, america i, your president said i'm the axis of evil. another sheriff. we had another conversation. he thought that was the case. his personality was such...
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the obama people never quite. they kept our offices opened in 09 and ten and 11 and there were 53 offices in north carolina alone. this is why i am doing this six month study of the productions which i have entitled lessons to learn. we don't have lessons to learn right now. when we see these guys on tv that wasted millions of dollars as consultants, explaining what they now think, but what you know as they don't. [laughter] because they haven't taken enough time to learn anything. this is a serious crisis of the conservative movement in the republican party because if we don't figure out the new game we aren't going to be competitive but is so serious it is because we will nominate a clever person as the appropriate ethnic background and it articulates better than met. he got what became got which is bob dole got and bush got running for the reelection. that is a fact. and unless we look at the california republican party finding the right individual is going to turn of the largest stake in the country sounds lik
the obama people never quite. they kept our offices opened in 09 and ten and 11 and there were 53 offices in north carolina alone. this is why i am doing this six month study of the productions which i have entitled lessons to learn. we don't have lessons to learn right now. when we see these guys on tv that wasted millions of dollars as consultants, explaining what they now think, but what you know as they don't. [laughter] because they haven't taken enough time to learn anything. this is a...
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try that as obama. [ as obama ] >> steve: uh, suck it, bieber. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: pretty good. can you do it? [ as obama ] >> uh, suck it, bieber. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: poor, justin bieber. he's like -- what's you're problem? [ talking over each other ] i like justin bieber. i don't know what to make of this, guys. did you hear about this? a series of forbidden love letters and drawings that "peanuts" creator charles schulz sent to a young woman while he was married are about to go up for auction. yeah, he was like, "hey baby, how'd you like to come over to my place and" -- [ as teacher from peanuts ] [ laughter and applause ] i always wanted to do that. >> steve: come on. >> jimmy: did you see this? while announcing this year's grammy nominees, taylor swift actually did a little beatboxing last night. i don't want to say it was awkward, but people were just like, "hey, is kanye west around?" [ laughter ] actually, last night, the band fun. received grammy nominations in the top three categories. [ cheers and applause ] yeah, coming up empty again this year, the band work. [ l
try that as obama. [ as obama ] >> steve: uh, suck it, bieber. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: pretty good. can you do it? [ as obama ] >> uh, suck it, bieber. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: poor, justin bieber. he's like -- what's you're problem? [ talking over each other ] i like justin bieber. i don't know what to make of this, guys. did you hear about this? a series of forbidden love letters and drawings that "peanuts" creator charles schulz sent to a young woman while he...
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government seems to be doing a good job, although you'll never guess who criticized president obama. do you remember michael brown? heck of a job brownie, michael brown? the former director of fema who was forced to resign after hurricane katrina. on monday, he criticized the president. he said obama may have acted too quickly. [ laughter ] instead of taking the wait and do nothing approach that worked so well during katrina. that is an interesting point coming from a former fema director and current applebee's employee of the week. [ laughter and applause ] things seem to be getting back on track here in new york. limited subway service is scheduled to resume tomorrow at 6:00 a.m. the mta is letting people ride the bus for free, which -- [ cheers and applause ] very good news. people don't have to be anywhere any time soon. make no mistake. no bus ride in new york is ever free. there is always a price that will be paid. [ laughter ] mayor bloomberg announced that all cars coming into new york city via the bridge must have a minimum of three people in them. unless one of the people i
government seems to be doing a good job, although you'll never guess who criticized president obama. do you remember michael brown? heck of a job brownie, michael brown? the former director of fema who was forced to resign after hurricane katrina. on monday, he criticized the president. he said obama may have acted too quickly. [ laughter ] instead of taking the wait and do nothing approach that worked so well during katrina. that is an interesting point coming from a former fema director and...
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barry obama. he's just white. paid for by chris rock the vote. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: he makes a good point. back to the hurricane. you know, most of the national focus has been on new jersey and new york, but it affected a lot of cities along the east coast. this clip comes to us from providence, rhode island. three counties in rhode island are asking for federal disaster relief. they got hit pretty hard, but not hard enough to blow out the birthday candles at the local nbc affiliate there. they have a regular segment on the news called first birthdays where proud parents sent their newborns' names in to be read on the air. watch this. keep in mind. this happened on monday, during the hurricane. >> we can't forget first birthdays. let's pass some greetings along. happy first birthday, dawn keibals. >> jimmy: let's look at the names, if we could. i jaz fahted. egyptian name. and the other is dawn keibals. [ applause ] dawn keibals. i know her the whole keibals family. whoever pulled that one, congratula
barry obama. he's just white. paid for by chris rock the vote. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: he makes a good point. back to the hurricane. you know, most of the national focus has been on new jersey and new york, but it affected a lot of cities along the east coast. this clip comes to us from providence, rhode island. three counties in rhode island are asking for federal disaster relief. they got hit pretty hard, but not hard enough to blow out the birthday candles at the local nbc...
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>> i hope not, certainly if it's not left up to president obama and congressional democrats. president obama proposed $4 trillion in deficit reduction, he has a balanced approach to take care of the middle class and that they have the certainty that they need that we make spending cuts that are significant, that make sense, and that we maintain the things that are going to keep us competitive globally like the central funding for education and innovation, and at the same time we also make sure we ask wealthiest americans to pay a little bit more and when it comes to our tax policy that if you work hard and play by the rules in america that everybody has a chance to succeed and that's why you've seen ceos from across the country sign on to that notion, with president obama, saying it's okay if we raise rates a little bit for folks who make more than $250,000 a year. the world is not going to come to an end. there are republican and conservative analysts and thought leaders like bill kristol who have said that. why the republicans in the house who really are still very entrench
>> i hope not, certainly if it's not left up to president obama and congressional democrats. president obama proposed $4 trillion in deficit reduction, he has a balanced approach to take care of the middle class and that they have the certainty that they need that we make spending cuts that are significant, that make sense, and that we maintain the things that are going to keep us competitive globally like the central funding for education and innovation, and at the same time we also make...
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please understand barack obama won massachusetts by almost 25 points. it's not like that seat would be in danger, frankly. so this has everything to do with -- this has nothing to do with susan rice. she's qualified. this is all about hillary clinton and whether or not she runs for president in 2016. remember, you've got hillary clinton sitting at 70% of approval rating. you have to start the narrative right now. they can't bash or go after hick even though she's secretary of state. direct responsibility for what happened in benghazi falls under the purview of hillary clinton. susan rice is irrelevant. this is about setting up a narrative for the next four wears to go after hillary clinton in four years. that's what this is all about. >> but so if john kerry were to be nominated and as so many people on the right indicated would easily ascend to that position, there has been speculation that that would open up his senate seat, maybe scott brown could swoop in. you say that's not a possibility. >> no. i think it's a possibility because this is politics a
please understand barack obama won massachusetts by almost 25 points. it's not like that seat would be in danger, frankly. so this has everything to do with -- this has nothing to do with susan rice. she's qualified. this is all about hillary clinton and whether or not she runs for president in 2016. remember, you've got hillary clinton sitting at 70% of approval rating. you have to start the narrative right now. they can't bash or go after hick even though she's secretary of state. direct...
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they want these to be about boehner and obama. last time it happened was the 2011 debt ceiling negotiations and that didn't really turn out so well. >> why would that be their aim? >> they want to make this about the president and boehner. and they think they can get a better deal that way. the pro who white house strategy is to have this happen at the staff level and the president float above it and go out and make his case to the country. as he did later in 2011 on the extension of the payroll tax holiday. they really feel that the more they have, the president sort of down on boehner's level, the worse things are going to go. >> anna marie, i want to get your take on something that democratic senator claire mccaskill said on "meet the press," about the choice that republicans face. take a listen. >> they're going to get stuck with a raising of the rates of the top 2%. either in a very painful way. or in a way that we can all suffer a little bit. address all three legs of the stool. entitlements, cuts, and revenues, in a way tha
they want these to be about boehner and obama. last time it happened was the 2011 debt ceiling negotiations and that didn't really turn out so well. >> why would that be their aim? >> they want to make this about the president and boehner. and they think they can get a better deal that way. the pro who white house strategy is to have this happen at the staff level and the president float above it and go out and make his case to the country. as he did later in 2011 on the extension...
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detroi indeed vote overwhelmingly for president obama. 73% of the vote went for president obama. detroit will probably run out of money within days. the word bankruptcy is being applied to the city of detroit. she says there ought to be a quid pro quo, why not. she is publicly calling for what amounts to a federal bailout. it would be called help for the city, help for the states. but you asked it. who is next. how about california? voted for president obama by 20 point. deeply in debt. to suggest we need help from d.c., maybe that detroit city councilmember opened up the door for a request for a federal bailout. martha: one of the biggest burdens on the municipality have been the deals the public unions have struck for their workers. we have seen it in places where the promises have been made where there i not the money to support. i there any question the administration -- that the president is open to the idea that the president is open to bail out these municipalities? >> there is no mention so far. but you are right to point out the union connect. president obama's reelect h
detroi indeed vote overwhelmingly for president obama. 73% of the vote went for president obama. detroit will probably run out of money within days. the word bankruptcy is being applied to the city of detroit. she says there ought to be a quid pro quo, why not. she is publicly calling for what amounts to a federal bailout. it would be called help for the city, help for the states. but you asked it. who is next. how about california? voted for president obama by 20 point. deeply in debt. to...
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perhaps, the only contender to have actually hugged president obama. or ohio senator rob portman, a constant presence next to mitt romney on the trail. virginia governor, bob mcdonnell, of the transvaginal proposal and scott walker whose union fighting ways made him a darling of the tea party. just to be clear, reports of the demise of the republican party are greatly exaggerated. the gop may have taken a licking, but they will most certainly keep on ticking. still, let's not be fooled by this new herd into thinking that we have a new party. reformed from lessons of november 6th. from this class alone, governors jindal, rick perry, scott walker have signalled their refusal to set up state-run health exchanges required by the affordable care act. marco rubio, paul ryan, michele bachmann, john thune and others have sworn allegiance to grover norquist by signing on to the federal taxpayer protection pledge. all thee three of the rising stars are women that doesn't mean they support women's reproductive choices. several would deny the women the right guara
perhaps, the only contender to have actually hugged president obama. or ohio senator rob portman, a constant presence next to mitt romney on the trail. virginia governor, bob mcdonnell, of the transvaginal proposal and scott walker whose union fighting ways made him a darling of the tea party. just to be clear, reports of the demise of the republican party are greatly exaggerated. the gop may have taken a licking, but they will most certainly keep on ticking. still, let's not be fooled by this...
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>>> president obama out promoting his plan to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff. he's taking his message directly to the american people. the president is taking a tour of the detroit diesel corporation, that is in redford, michigan. the company is owned i did dahmdahmby dahmer, maked diesel engines. for the truckers who rely on diesel fuel, there might be a big change down the road. many believe that natural gas is the next big thing in long haul trucking. that story from torrey dunham. >> reporter: diesel is king here at the flying j truck stop near richmond, virginia. with it, nathaniel keating pushed his rig 3.5 million miles. >> you name it, i've hauled it. >> reporter: but truckers here don't have to look far to see the future. alone in a corner sits a new liquefied gas island. ong is cheap, cleaner and supporters say more plentiful than diesel. but there is a problem. say you want to drive a truck like this coast to coast using only liquid natural gas. here's what you would be up against. these are the only open and public fueling stops across the country a
>>> president obama out promoting his plan to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff. he's taking his message directly to the american people. the president is taking a tour of the detroit diesel corporation, that is in redford, michigan. the company is owned i did dahmdahmby dahmer, maked diesel engines. for the truckers who rely on diesel fuel, there might be a big change down the road. many believe that natural gas is the next big thing in long haul trucking. that story from torrey...
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meanwhile, the white house said tonight president obama has a two-step plan. the first is to extend the middle class tax cuts while allowing cuts for the wealthiest americans to expire. the second is to call for tax reform by august 1st of next year. in the meantime, the nation's debt ceiling is looming in january. the president's warning republicans not to include any debt limit concessions in their fiscal cliff strategy. >>> we have had a lovely week around here. but it's time to get back to a little december reality. >> would you look at that. veronica has a look at another change coming our way. what about it, veronica? >> do you like that sunset? isn't that gorgeous? >> it's lovely. >> fiery red there on the horizon. and not a bad day. the wind picked up a bit. that northwesterly wind behind the cold front that came through very early this morning. high temps in fact for today, 60 degrees. that was at 5:00 a.m. we now stand in the mid-50s. pretty much falling temps all day. now 55 degrees. trinidad, and good afternoon to you folks in tyson's corner. up no
meanwhile, the white house said tonight president obama has a two-step plan. the first is to extend the middle class tax cuts while allowing cuts for the wealthiest americans to expire. the second is to call for tax reform by august 1st of next year. in the meantime, the nation's debt ceiling is looming in january. the president's warning republicans not to include any debt limit concessions in their fiscal cliff strategy. >>> we have had a lovely week around here. but it's time to get...
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they voted to support president obama. now they say the president owes us here in detroit. >> he went to washington, d.c., he came back home with some bacon. that's what you do. that's what you do. >> steve: should the president really consider giving money as a thank you for the votes in the detroit area? we're going to talk about that. and take a look at these guys, they got high, went for a drive. so what's the plan to keep roads safe now that marijuana is legal in a couple of states? don't ask the government. they haven't figured it o yet. so for now, is your road safety at risk begin. tomato, obviously. haha. there's more than that though, there's a kick to it. wahlalalalallala! smooth, but crisp. it's kind of like drinking a food that's a drink, or a drink that's a food, woooooh! [ male announcer ] taste it and describe the indescribable. could've had a v8. yep. the longer you stay with us, the more you save. and when you switch from another company to us, we even reward you for the time you spent there. genius. yeah
they voted to support president obama. now they say the president owes us here in detroit. >> he went to washington, d.c., he came back home with some bacon. that's what you do. that's what you do. >> steve: should the president really consider giving money as a thank you for the votes in the detroit area? we're going to talk about that. and take a look at these guys, they got high, went for a drive. so what's the plan to keep roads safe now that marijuana is legal in a couple of...
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bush along with other key staffers from obama's campaign. on thursday, longoria wrote on twitter she's so excited and honored to co-chair the event. of course, more celebrity names will start popping up as the big day draws even closer since this is a president that was widely supported in hollywood. you may also remember that back in 2009, jay-z, beyonce, aretha franklin were at the 2009 inauguration. it is going to be another star-studded event and short time from now, right around the corner. >> get your tickets now. get them now. they will be sold out whatever it is, plane, train, automobile, whatever. thank you, kareen wynter. >>> for the latest entertainment headlines makes you sure you watch "showbiz tonight." hol dawes are here. how are some businesses finding ways to keep jobs while others are failing? tom foreman went looking for some answers in today's american journey. >> reporter: amid the bustle of broadway against the bad economy and crushing competition at the strand the show goes on. started more than 80 years ago, this inde
bush along with other key staffers from obama's campaign. on thursday, longoria wrote on twitter she's so excited and honored to co-chair the event. of course, more celebrity names will start popping up as the big day draws even closer since this is a president that was widely supported in hollywood. you may also remember that back in 2009, jay-z, beyonce, aretha franklin were at the 2009 inauguration. it is going to be another star-studded event and short time from now, right around the...
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that is after president obama's warning and a warning from the russians. but it's the prospect of assad taking more losses on the battlefield and losing control of those weapons that has the u.s. and its allies taking some preemptive measures. even if bashar al assad doesn't use chemical weapons in this civil war, there's enough chaos afoot to alarm western officials about what may happen to those munitions. a senior u.s. official and top diplomats tell cnn the u.s. and its allies are using defense contractors to train syrian rebels on how to secure chemical weapons stockpiles. our sources say the training's taking place in jordan and turkey. they tell us the syrian rebels are being trained on how to monitor and secure stockpiles but also on handling the weapons sites and materials. how dicey is it to train syrian rebels on handling the materials? >> i think on the one hand, these may be individuals that are going to be the first oneses into some of these sites, and they have to know what safety precautions to take. otherwise, they're not going to want to
that is after president obama's warning and a warning from the russians. but it's the prospect of assad taking more losses on the battlefield and losing control of those weapons that has the u.s. and its allies taking some preemptive measures. even if bashar al assad doesn't use chemical weapons in this civil war, there's enough chaos afoot to alarm western officials about what may happen to those munitions. a senior u.s. official and top diplomats tell cnn the u.s. and its allies are using...
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and obama would be remiss not to try. go ahead, eugene. >> obama has talked about -- he phrased it as breaking the fever, i think, at one point. this sort of solid wall of adamanting opposition to any sort of tax rate increase ever in the house has been seen as a problem to him from day one. and coming off the election, he's in a stronger political position than he's been in before. his incentive is not to rush into the room, his strength is out among public opinion where that's friendlier terrain for him. whereas once they get in the room, of course, republicans still have power, still have control of the house. >> yeah. >> so there's no great incentive for him to rush to compromise at this point. >> gene, why is -- why is raising the top marginal rate so important to the president as well as liberals across america? why -- explain why the is that so important? >> well -- >> and i'm talking specifically the top marginal rate. not taxes on the rich. because the rich have been skating by for too long. i've said it it's imm
and obama would be remiss not to try. go ahead, eugene. >> obama has talked about -- he phrased it as breaking the fever, i think, at one point. this sort of solid wall of adamanting opposition to any sort of tax rate increase ever in the house has been seen as a problem to him from day one. and coming off the election, he's in a stronger political position than he's been in before. his incentive is not to rush into the room, his strength is out among public opinion where that's...
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obama speaks to workers at an engine factory near detroit this afternoon. yesterday the president and house speaker john boehner met at the white house for a round of intense negotiations. there are new signs republicans are willing to go along with the president on hypertaxigher taxee wealthy. >> we have spent ourselves into a hole. will i accept a tax increase as part of a deal to actually solve our problem, yes. >> senator coburn says in return, republicans would get significant reform of entitlement programs. >> at least the two are sort of together, speaking, without cameras around. >> right. >> so they can get work done. >> the difference between the last meeting, they're not coming out and sort of saying, well, they're not budging. they're not budging. they sort of cam out and said we are not going to talk about it. a good sign too. >> i hope so. sort of riff di >>> tension is building in egypt. morsi ordered the military to keep the peace. thousand gathered outside the presidential palace for the fifth straight night. calling for a boycott to underm
obama speaks to workers at an engine factory near detroit this afternoon. yesterday the president and house speaker john boehner met at the white house for a round of intense negotiations. there are new signs republicans are willing to go along with the president on hypertaxigher taxee wealthy. >> we have spent ourselves into a hole. will i accept a tax increase as part of a deal to actually solve our problem, yes. >> senator coburn says in return, republicans would get significant...